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Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well. Full summary » | Add synopsis »

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Continuity: When Malcolm finally learns that Corey has really kidnapped him, he tries to escape. Corey shoots a few nails at him and hits the wall. In the next shot, there are no nails in the wall.See more »

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Corey:[Corey is talking on the phone with Malcolm's ex-wife] I demand a ransom of $10,000 dollars. Malcolm King:[Malcolm grabs the phone from Corey] What $10,000 dollars? I'm not worth $10,000 dollars! You kidnapped Malcolm King not Bobby Brown!See more »

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Anthony Anderson is Malcolm King, a rich and cocky businessman who
tries to get out of being robbed blind by his ex-wife in a divorce
settlement by planning his own kidnapping. But someone else already has
gotten the same idea, and now King is caught up in a game of "who has
the millionaire?"

King's Ransom takes a harmless premise and turns it into a torturous
experience. It is one of the worst attempts at comedy and it may be the
first comedy ever that has failed to make the audience laugh at least
once. It was like they weren't even trying to entertain the audience. I
have to ask, what was the point? There was some potential in the
premise and the cast wasn't terrible. However, the script fails the
film at every turn and it was probably written by a five year old. It's
just too bad this film wasn't meant for kids since they would have
gotten more entertainment out of it. I would also be more forgiving if
this was a kid's film.

The semi decent cast is wasted in this mess and nobody gives a good
performance. Anthony Anderson gives a really bad performance as Malcolm
King. He overacts like crazy and just ends up being really annoying.
Regina Hall over did the airhead role and it got tired fast. Sadly, she
probably gave the best performance out of everyone. Jay Mohr tried way
too hard to be funny and it didn't work. Donald Faison and Kellita
Smith should be ashamed for agreeing to appear in this piece of crap.

I believe the blame shouldn't only go to the screenwriter but to the
director as well. Jeff Byrd does a really poor job at directing and he
seems to be trying too hard. He sets up all these situations of
different people trying to kidnap Malcolm on the same night. There was
like four different attempts and none of them were funny. Also, all the
subplots are weak and none of them are good enough to save the movie. I
will cut Jeff some slack since this is his first real film. However,
this isn't the way you should start off. Also, he has to work with a
very weak script and an obnoxious lead. I really wish I was joking here
but there is not one funny moment. It's really just 95 minutes of pure
boredom and there is no point in wasting your time to watch this movie.
In the end, this light comedy may end up being the worst movie of 2005.
Rating 1/10

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